The Geological Society of America, Inc. Microform Publication 7
Edited by P.H. Given and A.D. Cohen
Published by The Geological Society of American, Inc.
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Copyright © 1977 by The Geological Society of America, Inc.
The original microform publication was scanned into Acrobat 5.0 version PDF format in November 2003 under the direction of Dr. Jim Hower, Manager, Applied Petrology Laboratory, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky and GSA member. Permission to place the publication on the CAER Web site was granted by editor Dr. Art Cohen, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina.
Why revive such an old publication? The original format, microfiche, while not totally extinct, is not the medium of choice for modern publications. The Geological Society of America experimented with microfiche publications for a few years, then abandoned the format, orphaning the few publications published in that format. The microfiche cards that we have seen of this publication are not in good condition, therefore, most pages were scanned from the unpaginated original paper copy borrowed from the files of Art Cohen. We hope that this publication will be of interest to coal geologists now that it is in a more accessible format.
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This publication represents the proceedings of a symposium on "the Geology, Paleobotany, Geochemistry, and Microbiology of Peats". The symposium was held during the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America and associated societies which took place in Miami, 18-20 November, 1974, and was jointly sponsored by the Coal Geology Division of the Society and the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society. Fourteen papers were presented, and nine are included in this publication. Five authors elected to make other arrangements for publishing their work; but the abstracts of these five papers, as submitted for inclusion in Abstracts with Programs, volume 6, number 7, 1974, are included here for completeness.
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Keywords: peat, coal, coal geochemistry, coal petrology, acid mine drainage